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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of Housing for All building targets; when revised targets will be published; his plans to speed up delivery of housing in line with established need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15950/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Minister for housing make a statement on the adequacy of Housing for All building targets, when revised targets will be published and his plans to speed up delivery of housing in line with established need? The question relates again to targets, but this time to the need for greater ambition and urgency on targets for delivery of homes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Before I respond, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, on his appointment. I note that this is, I think, the third Minister of State with responsibility for planning in the lifetime of this Government. It is perhaps not such a positive sign with such a big planning Bill going through Committee Stage currently to see this changeover, but I wish the Minister of State well...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: People are crying out for speeded-up delivery of new homes. Every time any of us go out and meet people at any point, that is all we hear. It is across communities and multi-generational. It is the civil rights issue of our times. The Government is not going to publish revised targets until the autumn, when the incoming Taoiseach announced at the Ard-Fheis on Saturday that 250,000 homes...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak to my amendments Nos. 781 to 783, inclusive within this grouping. They relate to the same point that we have been describing as use it or lose it, namely, the issue of duration of planning permissions. I raised this issue in my Second Stage speech at the end of November on this Bill. I believe all of us thought that one of the key...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Chair. I also thank the Minister for his engagement. I have three points in response. First, I welcome the commitment to specify in regulations what will constitute commencement. All of us are aware there are already issues about what constitutes effective commencement. The commitment in this regard, therefore, was very good to hear. Second, one of the Minister's critiques...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I will be very brief. I confirm that amendments Nos. 781, 782 and 783, as Deputy O'Callaghan helpfully, and it was helpful, pointed out, do not seek to amend section 164(3). We seek to change the provision from five years to three years in sections 164(1) and 164(2), but not 164(3). There would still be that flexibility or allowance, where a request could be made for a different duration....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Okay. I will not reiterate. I will go back to the transcript.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: That is what I-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Amendments Nos. 781, 782 and 783 relate to duration of planning permissions under this Part and do not relate to plannings. To clarify, we are not seeking to amend any provisions relating to duration under other Parts of the legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I will not reiterate my points either, but we are absolutely conscious that vacancy and dereliction are a scourge, whether they relate to residential planning or retail.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We will agree to disagree agreeably.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: For Labour too, I want to express disappointment that we are not having Leaders’ Questions today. I have with me the original report of the Business Committee for this week and there was originally a very extensive schedule of business to be conducted over today and tomorrow. We have had two weeks of recess and we have had plenty of time to prepare for this. This House is only now...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am sharing time. On a personal level, I offer my congratulations and good wishes to the new Taoiseach, the new Ministers and the not-so-new Ministers. It is a proud day for you and your families. We do know, however, that these are only very temporary appointments, with less than a year to go until a general election. Even in that short time, I am sorry we have not seen more women...